MARSHFIELD, Wis. — Sanford Health, headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Marshfield Clinic Health System have completed their merger and are now one nonprofit integrated health system operating as Sanford Health, officials announced Thursday. The combined system will serve ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — With all eyes on Green Bay and the NFL draft this spring, the intersection of sports and leadership, particularly for women, is the focus of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Schreiber Institute for Women’s Leadership 2025 Celebrate event. The annual opportunity to celebrate and inspire women across the region takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, at The Weidner. Attendees will hear from two former standout women’s college athletes — both Wisconsin natives who competed successfully on college teams in their home state — and have evolved ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nearly 200 absentee ballots somehow went uncounted in Wisconsin’s liberal capital after the Nov. 5 election, prompting state election officials to launch an investigation Thursday into whether the city clerk broke the law. The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted unanimously to investigate whether Madison City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl failed to comply with state law or abused her discretion. Commission members said they were concerned the clerk’s office didn’t inform them of the problem until late December, almost a month and a half after the election. ...
NEW LISBON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin police investigating the deaths of three people, including two juveniles, were searching Tuesday for a person of interest who is "considered armed and dangerous." The New Lisbon Police Department said the bodies of two juveniles and one adult were found Monday afternoon in a home in the small Wisconsin city located about 80 miles northwest of Madison. Police said Tuesday morning in a Facebook post that they were searching for a 47-year-old man known to live in New Lisbon and said he is wanted by Wisconsin Probation and Parole. "Law enforcement asks ...
FLORENCE, Wis. — Greg Matzke, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources senior fisheries biologist, will present an outdoor education program at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, in the lower-level conference room at the Florence Natural Resource Center building. Matzke will talk on how abundant walleye populations are becoming less common, and walleye can also be difficult to catch. During this presentation, they will walk through all of the major walleye populations in Florence and Forest counties. How is each population doing? What management strategies are we using? What does the ...
Gov. Tony Evers has announced that Wisconsin’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, which is published by the Department of Administration, recorded a $4.5 billion positive balance in the state’s general fund at the end of the 2023-24 fiscal year. In addition to the general fund, the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund — or “rainy day” fund — ended the fiscal year at the highest level in state history with a balance of $1.9 billion. The rainy day fund has set a new record every year since Evers took office in 2019. “For thirty consecutive years, our state’s ...
